There are a number of different types of abuse including:
When someone physically hurts you or treats you badly
When someone does things, or says things that upset you or makes you feel frightened
When someone makes you do things that you do not want to do
When someone fails to provide adequate care that you need in order to live safely
If you don't feel safe, find someone you trust to talk to about how you are feeling, or use one of the contact numbers below.
1. Talk to someone you trust - a friend, a relative, a carer, or the person in charge of your care (whether the care is being provided to you at home or in a hospital or a residential care home).
2. Phone 01902 551199 - and tell the operator you don't feel safe. this is the Council's safeguarding helpline.
3. Police - phone 999 in an emergency or phone 101 if you don't feel safe but are not in immediate danger
4. Phone Action on Elder Abuse national helpline 0800 0699 784
Working Together 2018 requires Child Death Review Partners (CCG and Local Authority) to make arrangements to carry out child death reviews.
New arrangements have now been published and will take effect from 30 June 2019.
The Board Committees are:
Serious Case Review
Child Death Overview
Law, Policy and Procedure
Learning and Development - Joint Learning and Improvement Framework 2017-19
In line with Working Together 2015, Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board has a business plan with a set of key priorities that are reviewed every 3 years. The business plan needs to ensure that:
Our Constitution
Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) seeks to ensure that all children are safe by ensuring that local services focus on supporting their needs and those of their parents, carers and families.
WSCB is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
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Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) produces an Annual Report to enable the people of Wolverhampton to see what it has been doing to keep children and young people safe from abuse and neglect and promoting their wellbeing.
Click here or on the image to the right to view and /or download the joint Annual Report 2017-18 of Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adults Boards.
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Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) produces an Annual Report to enable the people of Wolverhampton to see what it has been doing to keep children and young people safe from abuse and neglect and promoting their wellbeing.
Click here or on the image to the right to view and /or download the joint Annual Report 2018-19 of Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board and Wolverhampton Safeguarding Adults Board.
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Safer Recruitment:
All organisations engaging people in 'Regulated Activities' must have robust and transparent recruitment procedures in place to ensure children, young people and vulnerable adults are safeguarded and they should be familiar with the Local Safeguarding Children Board policies and procedures.
Before recruiting staff (whether paid or unpaid), the following should be considered:
The application process should include the organisations commitment to safeguarding in for example the Job Description and any other documentation;
Thorough checks should be made of an applicant's identity, work history and references including any gaps in time;
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IS EVERYONE'S BUSINESS!!
All voluntary, community and faith organisations need to understand their safeguarding roles and responsibilities (alongside those of other organisations and services) to help keep children and young people safe from abuse and neglect, and promote their wellbeing.
There is a range of help and support for voluntary, community and faith organisations working in Wolverhampton from Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council. This includes safeguarding support which you can access as follows:
1. Specific support for faith groups
2. Individual and group support for any voluntary or community organisation
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) includes all procedures involving total or partial removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It's also known as ‘female circumcision’ or ‘cutting, and by other terms such as sunna, gudniin, halalays, tahur, megrez and khitan, among others. FGM has no health benefits, and no religious texts require girls to be ‘cut’, however FGM is carried out under the banners of culture and religion within families and communities in the mistaken belief that it benefits the girl in some way, eg. preserve/prove her virginity as a preparation for marriage.
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In addition to general safeguarding duties, since October 2015 all registered health and social care professionals and qualified teachers have a personal professional duty to report FGM in girls under 18years; professional registration can be affected by non-compliance with this duty.
To report call 101, record information and reference number , update safeguarding lead
KEY FACTORS TO LOOK OUT FOR:The family belongs to a community which practices FGM, are making plans to go on holiday / requested extended leave from school.
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